Common Core State Standards Adopted by NYS Board of Regents

CCSSCommon Core State Standards

Adopted by NYS Board of Regents

CCSSCommon Core State Standards

Adopted by NYS Board of Regents

Death by a Thousand Bullets

Or

Killing Me Softly with PowerPoint

Frank SobierajskiCalgary Teacher’s Convention

Calgary, Alberta, CanadaFebruary 12, 2010

A Brief History…

1983the ris

ing tide of m

ediocrity

1989

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

published

Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics

1996

New York State Regentsapproved 28 learning

standards in seven content areas.

2000

NCLB. No Child Left Behind

2003

2005New York State Regents revised the standards…

2008National

Governor’s Association

proposes national standards in ELA and Mathematics

2009-10New York State

Regents revise and adopt CCSS

What are standards?

What students should know &be able to do.

Common CoreState Standards

Based on three critical principals:Must be college and career readyBased on evidence A level of honesty about time

Common CoreState StandardsELA/Literacy

Common CoreState StandardsELA/Literacy

6 Major Shifts

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyIn grades K – 550% of text should be informational

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyIn grades 6 - 1250% of reading should be informational texts.

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyText Complexity Matters

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyFocus on questions that require that students pay attention to the text.

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyStudent writing must demonstrate that they use evidence from the text to make a valid argument.

Common CoreState StandardsELA/LiteracyAcademic Vocabulary

Common CoreState StandardsELA/Literacy

Common CoreState Standards

Mathematics

Common CoreState Standards

MathematicsIn K – 5, focus on fewer things done well.

Common CoreState Standards

MathematicsIn K – 2,

AdditionSubtractionThe quantities they measure

Common CoreState Standards

MathematicsIn 3 – 5,

MultiplicationDivisionFractions

Common CoreState Standards

Mathematical Practices

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.4. Model with mathematics.

Common CoreState Standards

Mathematical Practices

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of structure.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Common CoreState Standards

MathematicsIn 6 – 12, Number and QuantityAlgebraFunctionsModelingGeometryStatistics and Probability

Common CoreState StandardsTimeline

2010 - 2011

• Student achievement expectations are based on the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards and Core Curricula.

• Districts begin developing curricula aligned to CCSS (Jan. 2011) with a goal of implementing the new state curricula in Sept. 2012.

Common CoreState StandardsTimeline

2011 - 2012

• Student achievement expectations are based on the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards.• Districts continue to develop curricula and begin implementing instruction aligned to CCSS.• The 3-8 Testing program and Regents examinations in ELA and Mathematics are aligned to the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards.

Common CoreState StandardsTimeline

2012-2013

• Student achievement expectations are based on CCSS and state standards as added. • CCSS Interim Assessments are administered. • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) field testing will occur.

Common CoreState StandardsTimeline

2013 - 2014

• Student achievement expectations are based on CCSS and state standards as added.

Common CoreState StandardsTimeline

2014 - 2015

• CCSS PARCC assessments are operational.